The Associated PressA box is filled with marijuana plants at the San Francisco Medical Cannabis Clinic in San Francisco.
DeWitt, NY -- State police investigating a car parked in a lot reserved for trucks pulling tandem trailers in the Thruway’s DeWitt service area Monday night found a California man sprawled in the backseat, an open beer in the center console and what appeared to be a bag of marijuana on the floor, troopers said.

The lot is a few hundred feet from the State Police Thruway headquarters in DeWitt.

Kevin D. Crown, 57, of Sacramento, Calif., told state police he had a doctor’s prescription for the marijuana in his possession, troopers said. He also told troopers he was bringing some to a relative for her birthday.

Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office was called and troopers were advised that the prescription is not valid in this state, troopers said.

"There is no medical marijuana in New York," First Chief Assistant District Attorney Rick Trunfio said Wednesday.

The only prescriptions valid in New York are for drugs legal in New York, Trunfio said.

Crown was charged with criminal possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor. After Crown refused to take an alcohol test, he also was charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, troopers said.